I'll fix it or die trying.

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[almostg]

The truth of it 🤣

[fanficxfanatic]

And this is why i never finish writing anything

[nothoughtsjustwritingandstuff]

I hear it’s sparrington september

[sevenseasapphics]

ⓘ This user got lost at sea and came back a little bit wrong

[trekscribbles]

This week, I read a fic that was around 20 years old, which had originally been posted on the author's personal website and which she added to AO3 a few years ago. She listed her email address with the fic, so after I finished reading, I sent her an email saying how much I enjoyed the story, how much I appreciated the work and effort she obviously put into it, and thanked her for uploading it to AO3. She responded the next day and thanked me for my message, then said she had a few more stories in the same series that she hadn't gotten around to uploading. I checked this morning--she added a 35,000 word novella and thanked me in the summary.

👏 comment 👏 on 👏 old 👏 fics 👏

[thecompassneverlies]

In vino Veritas 4/?

“He ain’t eating,” Gibbs says without preamble, “won’t touch a bite, hasn’t since the last you saw ‘em”

“Who?”

Gibbs wasn’t given to rolling his eyes but it was a close thing.

“The Commodore, he won’t eat.”

Jack sucks in his cheeks with anger. He’s tired, tired of James’ stubborn refusal to live, to try.

“Maybe it’s best we do leave ‘em somewhere,” Jack says as last, “Can’t make man live that don’t want to”

Gibbs sighs, “you used to have an honest streak…let a man know where he stood with you but I can’t figure this out at all!”

Jack didn’t answer.

[nondelphic]

“can i read your draft?” can you survive secondhand embarrassment?

[tinysweetvoid]

[illfixitordietrying]

WIP Conversation 1

I'm writing a time loop fic based off @ithiliensmenagerie 's plot bunny. This is set during day 31 when they get drunk.

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"I fear I am an anchor, Jack," James whispered into his bottle. "And a coward to boot. I would drag down anyone I tied myself to." He looked up just in time to see something leave the dark eyes watching him, as Jack leaned forward with a broad gold smile.

"I tell ye what, mate," Jack said conspiratorially. "When we break outa this and ya don't wanna stay here," he gestured around encompassing all the things James knew, "I'll take ye wit' me. Anchor or no."

"You would have the pirate hunter in your crew?" James raised a skeptical eye brow and watched Jack lick his lips inches from his face. Too late he realised he was staring at those lips. He snapped his eyes back to Jack's. The pirate had his head cocked to the side, still grinning, but there was something in his eyes that made him feel like he was being pinned down like a butterfly.

"Ya kidin' mate?" His grin somehow widened, but the eyes kept watching. "I'd be th' envy of th' Caribbean! Every other pirate will worship the ground I walk on. Y've had so many of 'em hung, an' ye still joined me crew. And ye must be a good fighter and sailor. Kanee complain 'bout tha' on a ship."

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The disappearing expression from the first paragraph:

[shadow-manor]

The rest of the thread is here.

tl;dr: Don’t monetize AO3, kids.  You won’t like what happens next.

[ratherembarrassing]

read this thread. this is by far the most concise explanation of a lot of different issues that i’ve seen in fandom spaces in a while. cosigning both the linked thread and the thread about aus/uk/can law that’s linked in-thread.

[billybluboy]

AHDHXHEBSG TWITTER WRITERS DID WHAT NOW???? AND PEOPLE PAID THEM????

[prof-grace-aspen]

If someone has never taken a class that includes copyright law, they may not know this stuff, so I don’t necessarily blame random people for not knowing what copyright is, but like… maybe just maybe it’s something that should be taught????

[antifa-stray]

[mercurywells]

Just another reminder, because this always drives me crazy, but even if monetizing your fic was 100% unambiguously legal and protected, AO3 would still not let you do it because AO3 was founded and is supported by people like me who want a fandom community that is completely divested from making money off of fic.

[naryrising]

Yes, this. Lots of fanworks on AO3 are unambiguously legal. Fics based on Shakespeare plays and fairy tales and Greek mythology and The Great Gatsby and your original character from your D&D game are not violations of copyright, because no copyright applies to those things.

AO3 still doesn’t let you monetize those things on the site, because we don’t want the site to be commercial! Because that’s not what it’s for!

It’s not there for you (generic you) to make money off the efforts of the people who build and maintain the site for free! We aren’t getting paid for the work we do to give you a nice site to use, just like you aren’t getting paid for the work you do to create whatever art you share there. Because fandom is supposed to be a community where we share with each other, and therefore we all benefit.

The deal is, we give you a free, stable, safe platform to host your works. In exchange, you get a site that isn’t covered in ads and tip jars and links to gofundme and “read the next chapter at my patreon”. You get one goddamn place on the internet that isn’t trying to make money off you. And we will defend that space and keep it non-commercial.

[thecompassneverlies]

James & Jack have an understanding. For the first time Jack wonders if it could be more

The whore is lovely, dark eyed and full bodied Jack knows he would have a splendid night and yet he cannot make himself smile back at her, flirt and pretend who he wants isn’t miles away in a poky English town and flirting with society girls and keeping the riff raff out of the upstanding British town.

He doesn’t know when it happened, once, even after he had fallen into bed with James he had allowed himself the pleasures of port, James had told him straight that he didn’t expect Jack to keep his own company when they were apart, S long as Jack was discreet and discerning with whom he bedded then James would think nothing of it.

He watches as one by one his crew takes their leave to chase their pleasure and lets the warmth of the rum settle into his bones. He’s happy he thinks, here with his bottle with thoughts of Jamie to keep him content until they meet again.

Thoughts of James have crept upon him more and more lately. It is unsettling, he doesn’t like having anchors, it threatens his very character and yet when he thinks of James, of his beautiful green eyes and smart mouth, his kindness and strength and he feels something burst into flame in his chest. He’s never denied himself anything but for James..well he’s thinking about it. And about what it means, if it means anything at all.

“Drinkin’ alone capt’ Gibbs asks and whilst the tone is jovial the question is pointed. He and Anamaria are the only ones who know about James and Jack wants to keep it that way.

Jack raises his bottle in salute though his response is cut off when Gibb’s heavy hand lays on his shoulder comforting.

“Business’ll bring us back to Port Royal before’ ye know it.”

Jack wants to balk, but the words die in on his lips when he remembers mere moments ago when he was contemplating that very thing. Instead he says.

“Aye, it will indeed”

[hartigays]

fic writers: james norrington fell from grace and jack sparrow was there to pick up the pieces

me: (sobbing) james norrington fell from grace and jack sparrow was there to pick up the pieces

[goingroguepod]

fuck it here's part two of "Keira Knightley/Jack Davenport Pirates Commentary bits that live rent free in my head" feat. a lot of corset talk

(i also made a podcast about the making of this film please listen to it I promise it's good.)

[madbalalaika]

Not to be horny on main but erm... Have you ever thought about James Norrington in one of those men's corset thingies?

[monsieurenjlolras]

david tennant could do sherlock holmes but benendict cumberbatch couldn't do the doctor. also benedict cumberbatch couldn't do sherlock holmes

[monsieurenjlolras]

this is hard proof that tumblr has gotten better because if I had made this post in 2015 I would have gotten several death threats by now

[illfixitordietrying]

So listen, I know we don't like bbc sherlock and all, and it's fun to make fun of Benedict Cumberbatch, but never forget who the real fuck ups were..

[bakagamieru]

Babygate Masterpost

*question: Why aren’t the links so that I can just click them? answer: Tumblr was being a jerk to the OP and the links won’t show up, so just copy and paste the text to see them*

This is for the purpose of having all the links I find most useful in one place and to provide a touchstone for people new to the situation.  This doesn’t contain everything, but it contains a lot of the most vital information up to this point.  I tried to stick with the most verifiable evidence.

Basic Concept

The story that Louis Tomlinson got Briana Jungwirth pregnant and had a baby with her is a lie.  Most likely this is a PR stunt and Briana never had a baby at all, much less Louis’ baby. The evidence is below.

For the concept of how the entertainment industry works, see here.  For more information from other sources, see here.

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/126145920328/the-entertainment-industry-is-shady-a-primer-for

link2: https://www.tumblr.com/edit/148949137023/bakagamieru.tumblr.com/tagged/analysis+resources

Pre-Planning

despite being spotted with at least 5 or more girls (x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x) in the preceding months, for some reason the mother is the only girl the papers identified far ahead of the pregnancy news

mother link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3083097/Louis-Tomlinson-dating-American-beauty-Briana-Jungwirth-seen-holding-hands-LA.html

x1: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3138691/1D-party-partners-Louis-Tomlinson-Niall-Horan-enjoy-wild-night-emerge-bleary-eyed-club-mystery-brunette.html

x2: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3099554/Louis-Tomlinson-parties-early-hours-mystery-blonde-New-York-nightclub.html

x3: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3089333/Louis-Tomlinson-parties-hard-favourite-LA-club-Harry-Styles-looks-cheerful-lunch-bandmates-celebrated-Billboard-wins-ex-Taylor-Swift.html

x4: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3094021/Louis-Tomlinson-looks-weary-makes-exit-Justin-Bieber-s-LA-mansion.html

x5: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3078814/Live-Young-Louis-Tomlinson-Liam-Payne-party-Snoop-Dogg-album-release-bash-Hollywood.html

x6: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3077881/Newly-single-Louis-Tomlinson-leaves-LA-club-female-partygoers-enjoys-night-One-Direction-band-mate-Liam-Payne.html

x7: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/tvshowbiz/video-1182830/Louis-Tomlinson-bundled-cab-mystery-blonde-LA.html

x8: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3075843/Louis-Tomlinson-parties-Liam-Payne-L-hotspot-thanking-fans-support-Zayn-Malik-Twitter-spat.html

x9: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3070019/Up-Night-Louis-Tomlinson-looks-bleary-eyed-hits-Los-Angeles-club-friends-partying.html

x10: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3055121/One-Direction-s-Louis-Tomlinson-takes-one-girl-room-SIX-hours-late-night-boozy-antics.html

x11: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3051880/Newly-single-Louis-Tomlinson-invites-FIVE-girls-hotel-room-boys-night-London.html

x12: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3044571/One-Direction-s-Louis-Tomlinson-continues-party-pals-leaves-brunette-beauty-cold-s-whisked-packed-van.html

x13: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3041342/Louis-Tomlinson-parties-storm-raunchy-burlesque-club-leaving-early-hours-mystery-blonde.html

x14: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3036779/Newly-single-1D-star-Louis-Tomlinson-works-magic-gets-cosy-mystery-blonde-Manchester-nightclub.html

x15: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3034892/One-Direction-s-Louis-Tomlinson-enjoys-night-mystery-blonde-beauty-ex-girlfriend-Eleanor-Calder-unfollows-Instagram.html

x16: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3015811/The-mystery-girl-Louis-Tomlinson-kissed-Thailand-daughter-multi-millionaire-menswear-designer.html

x17: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3006032/One-Direction-s-Louis-Tomlinson-splits-long-term-girlfriend-Eleanor-Calder-pictures-emerge-kissing-mystery-woman-night-pool-party-Thailand.html

x18: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2986781/Louis-Tomlinson-parties-London-reports-signed-talent-scout.html

the mother’s mother created a Twitter account and followed the People baby account before the pregnancy was known but after the mother had been seen with the father

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/137823621203/what-a-coincidence

Lack of Talking

the father’s label owner was the first to confirm the pregnancy news rather than the father, the mother, or a rep statement, 5 days after the news first broke

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/124508371043/saltygoodness-digital-spy-uk-the-article-is

the father’s bandmate was the first to personally speak about the pregnancy rather than the father

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/125777928428/one-directions-liam-says-louis-is-very-excited

the speech used to refer to the pregnancy by both the father and his bandmates was strangely vague, and a Mexican journalist claimed that asking about the baby during interviews was banned

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/125846983283/laratjuhh-btw-its-a-very-exciting-time-is

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/125761015203/dailydoseofziam-swallowsmateforlyfe

link3: https://twitter.com/jdquesada/status/669620514323697664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

the mother’s grandmother was the first one to confirm the birth rather than the mother, the father, or an official rep

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/137794535878/trishdishes-granny-is-at-it-again

despite making a big deal of another member becoming an uncle previously, not one of the father’s bandmates congratulated him on the birth or on his first Father’s Day publicly

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142396128608/aestheticniallshat-can-we-talk-about-the-fact

the father has never said the mother’s name in person and has rarely if ever mentioned her in person

Why No Paternity Test?

the pregnancy was announced before a paternity test despite the parents not being in a committed relationship and the father being in a position to be vulnerable to gold-digging

link1: http://www.gossipcop.com/louis-tomlinson-paternity-briana-jungwirth-baby-dad-father/

link2: http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/03/louis-tomlinson-dna-test-freddie-son/

link3: http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/singers/louis-tomlinson-net-worth/

despite varying timelines on the mother and father dating, the father was definitely out clubbing multiple times a week without the mother from late February to May

link: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/119798591456/so-i-am-sure-we-have-all-noticed-the-uptick-in

despite claiming the father was dating the mother for months, the father was linked to multiple “mysterious blondes” (x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x) during the months leading up to the conception

link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/briana-jungwirths-cousin-claims-louis-7833226

links for x’s are in the pre-planning section above

the father stated at the Brits that he missed the child after just a day apart and hadn’t left him before, just after that it was reported he was in a custody battle due to being refused the right to see the child, and yet he has traveled away from LA where the baby is many times since then, and he missed the child’s first Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/140044596008/goldsforevers-x

link2: http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/26/louis-tomlinson-custody-paternity-baby-mama-son/

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/145063506783/preaching-to-the-convinced-again

despite the father stating he wanted children even as a teenager, there are no pictures or videos of the father smiling when talking about the baby before the birth, or smiling at the baby with anywhere near the joy that’s found on his face when he sees any other child

link1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwxrPkeAZp4&feature=youtu.be&t=5m28s

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/125863216883/louis-tomlinson-awkwardly-talks-about-becoming-a

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/125855274398/paynoismytype-level-of-louis-enthusiasm-when

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/130722436933/hazandlousohappily-louis-being-asked-about-his

link5: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146870111473/louis-baby

link6: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146872609263/louis-with-kids

the father was only granted “several hours of visitation per week” to the baby and doesn’t seem to have followed through on legal action to try to correct this

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/140060271803/louis-tomlinson-and-briana-jungwirth-reach

Privacy

the mother attended the father’s concerts in full view on the floor

link1: http://www.j-14.com/posts/briana-jungwirth-spotted-at-one-direction-concert-with-louis-tomlinson-s-family-baby-bump-71667

link2: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/louis-tomlinsons-baby-mum-briana-6529130

link3: http://www.j-14.com/posts/briana-jungwirth-baby-bump-with-louis-tomlinson-s-family-at-one-direction-concert-72499/photos/briana-jungwirth-baby-bump-one-direction-concert-9-115245

link4: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3257709/Fancy-bumping-Pregnant-Briana-Jungwirth-wears-outfit-cheer-babydaddy-Louis-Tomlinson-second-1D-show.html

used a public twitter with her name in the title and talked to fans on it

link: http://www.j-14.com/posts/briana-jungwirth-twitter-realbjungwirth-louis-tomlinson-freddie-98395/photos/briana-jungwirth-twitter-1-147236#photo-anchor

created a twitter for the baby

http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138260436558/sexatoxbridge-isnt-that-a-bit-weird-haha

used a public instagram with her name in the title, gave out an email address

link: *broken link

has a public snapchat

link: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/146873056061/haroldslovebites-when-you-claim-to-want-privacy

participated in many, many different occurrences of pappings, with the baby as well

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/144578449258/anyonewitheyescanseeit-i-mean-honestly

link2: http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/KQ0S-ud3eVY/Briana+Jungwirth+Steps+Out+Baby+Freddie+Reign

link3: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3302795/Louis-Tomlinson-s-baby-mama-Briana-Jungwirth-reveals-growing-bump-grabs-lunch-go.html

link4: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3628893/Louis-Tomlinson-s-former-flame-Briana-Jungwirth-shows-post-baby-body-skimpy-white-bikini.html

link5: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3420091/Louis-Tomlinson-s-ex-Briana-Jungwirth-looks-incredible-pictured-baby-son.html

link6: http://www.babyrazzi.com/2016/01/29/briana-jungwirth-steps-out-with-baby-freddie/

link7: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3167411/Louis-Tomlinson-s-pregnant-ex-Briana-Jungwirth-looks-calm-casual-s-seen-time-revealed-having-baby.html

link8: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3412628/Briana-Jungwirth-spotted-time-giving-birth-Louis-Tomlinson-s-child.html

link9: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/158133986048/the-pics-are-from-lemonlight-again

bonus link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4241578/Briana-Jungwirth-shows-slim-pins.html

made product promotion agreements

http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146867536798/briana-social-media-promotional-deals

held an hour long video q&a with fans on Periscope, contemplated a daily vlog

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142997802608/at-your-liberty-at-your-liberty

link2: http://brianaxjungwirth.tumblr.com/post/142946480675/briana-and-olivias-periscope-live-stream

link3: http://www.meltyfan.it/one-direction-louis-tomlinson-briana-con-freddie-scatenata-sui-social-e-la-privacy-video-a197480.html

link4: http://louisahassurrendered.tumblr.com/post/146867967864/direct-briana-quotes

follow her own update and fan accounts

link: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/146872850656/corpidicarta-briana-claims-she-is-posting

the mother’s family also bought multiple domain names, some of which were unrelated to the baby but were related to the father’s band

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138283183588/indreamsbegin-brianas-aunt-registered-all-of

link2: http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/29/louis-tomlinson-son-freddie-website-domain/?adid=TMZ_Search_Results

link3: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/146316203501/about-those-urls

summary

link: http://stephaniesoteriou.tumblr.com/post/146895415450/fame-seeking-briana-jungwirth-blasted-as-a

despite chastising paps, the father was papped many times with the baby, often in the same area

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146779238228/louis-tomlinson-pleads-for-privacy-for-son-freddie

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/141640870893/niallhorantheirish-louis-and-oli-out-in-los

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142020024358/niallhorantheirish-louis-and-oli-in-los-angeles

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/144764219918/1direction-updates-louis-with-freddie-in-los

link5: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/144080582358/niallhorantheirish-louis-and-freddie-in-los

link6: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143451149738/thetomlinsondaily-2604

link7: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143086409293/thetomlinsondaily-1904

link8: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142828330268

link9: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142467133468/thetomlinsondaily-credit

link10: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143223651778/starbucks-things

link11: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/141604506838/brianaxjungwirth-louis-was-out-with-freddie-at

link12: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/141640948693/niallhorantheirish-louis-and-oli-out-in-los

the father’s family claimed the reason they weren’t posting pictures is because they wanted privacy for the child, then later posted several pictures

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/140347531748/brianaxjungwirth-johannahs-tweets

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142433011683/lifechangeing-daisytomlinsondeakin-so-pleased

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142424263398/crazymofas-phoeberosetommo123-freddiemy

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/141489626463/brianaxjungwirth-johannah-on-facebook

link5:http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143177139883/thetomlinsondaily-mrsjohannahdeakin-happy-3

the father and mother both showed up in public to exchange the baby multiple times when they could have done it somewhere that’s actually private, such as a gated property, yet the father’s rep put out a statement denouncing paps for invading the child’s privacy

link1: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3604368/Louis-Tomlinson-Briana-Jungwirth-awkward-exchange-baby-Freddie-car-park-BANNED-house.html

link2: http://www.tmz.com/2016/05/20/louis-tomlinson-briana-jungwirth-baby/

link3: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/1270100/one-directions-louis-tomlinson-reunites-with-stylist-briana-jungwirth-and-his-baby-son-in-la-without-his-girlfriend-danielle-campbell/

link4: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/louis-tomlinson-briana-jungwirth-seen-8013852

link5: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3649745/Louis-Tomlinson-heads-coffee-enjoys-day-son-Freddie-Malibu-celebrates-Father-s-Day-new-dad.html

link6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwywNHPIpAo&feature=youtu.be&t=2m34s

link7: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146779238228/louis-tomlinson-pleads-for-privacy-for-son-freddie

Social Media Control

despite being born and raised American, the mother has used British spelling and phrasing on social media, indicating that it’s likely she has someone managing her social media at least part of the time

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142643025628/harryandlouisarehappilystrong

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142472637778/that-regular-chick-madat-55

the mother’s grandmother strangely posted on Instagram that she’s only posting “what has been asked of [her]” and doesn’t post without approval

https://that-regular-chick.tumblr.com/post/140538603546/cyber-granny-be-smoking-that-stroooong-shit-im

*broken link

possible scrubbed social media for the mother, also for the mother’s nanny

link1: https://m3llybaby.tumblr.com/post/147201415382/jungwirthwunseen-1dhq

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142966473463/what-do-you-mean-born-in-november-2015

Other Illogical Statements and Situations

the mother supposedly stated that she’s worried the new girlfriend could be a crazy fan despite the new girlfriend being with the father for at least 6 months

link1: http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/30/louis-tomlinson-briana-jungwirth-danielle-campbell-custody-battle/?adid=TMZ_Search_Results

link2: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/who-louis-tomlinsons-new-girlfriend-7050102

at the time of the previous statement the mother also supposedly stated that a condition of her agreeing to an arrangement with the father is that he not use a nanny despite the fact that she has a nanny herself

link1: http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/30/louis-tomlinson-briana-jungwirth-danielle-campbell-custody-battle/?adid=TMZ_Search_Results

link2: http://www.j-14.com/posts/briana-jungwirth-twitter-realbjungwirth-louis-tomlinson-freddie-98395/photos/briana-jungwirth-twitter-3-147235

despite smoking and using straws being prohibited after oral surgery, the father was pictured doing both after supposedly having oral surgery according to his sister, the story the pictures were used for was mainly about the baby and for some reason heavily featured his bandaid

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143077626168/bromanceshmomance-after-oral-surgery-youll

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143072040198/one-directions-louis-tomlinson-cuts-a-casual

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143077583653/boufantgirl-directionereg-fizzy-replied-to-a

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143086753213/they-want-people-to-focus-on-the-band-aid

originally I had left out questions about whether the mother got plastic surgery during the pregnancy (no decent doctor would recommend elective surgery during pregnancy), but new evidence shows the mother has definitely gotten plastic surgery now and that raises the likelihood that the suspected plastic surgery during pregnancy happened

link1: https://twitter.com/dellamakai/status/723915773186584576/photo/1

link2: http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Obstetric-Practice/Nonobstetric-Surgery-During-Pregnancy

link3: https://directionereg.tumblr.com/post/150109340025

the mother posted a rant about privacy and bullying, then later took down the post but copy and pasted it into a video from a month before before

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/144020158188/crazymofas-brianaashleyjungwirth-this-past

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/144376267183/haroldslovebites-briana-just-deleted-the-video

Media Inconsistency

the mother was first reported as a short fling, then as a relationship that started in Jan 2015 and lasted for a few months that would have overlapped with the father’s last long term girlfriend, and it was also reported they dated for a year, then recently it was reported as a one night stand again

link1: https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/38775/one-conception/

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138671282093/stylinswooning-louis-tomlinson-dna-test

link3: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/146727938566/ieruhfierjh-30616-tmz-live-one-direction

link4: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/briana-jungwirths-cousin-claims-louis-7833226

link5: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138642160798/as-happy-as-tmz-about-louis

link6: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/146758028201/haroldslovebites-baby-custody-drama-the

it was reported that the father was dating the old girlfriend at the same time as he dated the mother, yet it was also reported that the reason he didn’t ask for a paternity test was because he and the mother were dating exclusively when they were together

link1: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/briana-jungwirths-cousin-claims-louis-7833226

link2: http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/26/louis-tomlinson-custody-paternity-baby-mama-son/

the father’s new girlfriend appeared around November 2015 and yet was reported to have been dating the father for a year in June 2016 when it would have been around 7 months

link1: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/who-louis-tomlinsons-new-girlfriend-7050102

link2: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/146727938566/ieruhfierjh-30616-tmz-live-one-direction

link3: http://paynoisbatman.tumblr.com/post/146758028201/haroldslovebites-baby-custody-drama-the

the media reported the baby was born on Jan 22nd, but then the birth certificate released indicated the date of birth as Jan 21st, the father also indicated the baby was born Jan 22nd, although this was posted in the early morning, making it somewhat ambiguous

link1: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3412892/PICTURED-Louis-Tomlinson-spotted-Briana-Jungirth-welcomed-baby.html

link2: http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/louis-tomlinson-one-direction-baby-birth-certificate-90315

link3: https://twitter.com/Louis_Tomlinson/status/690859667224928256

the baby’s due date was reported as multiple conflicting dates

the baby was originally reported as a girl and then with the name of Sydney Rain and then was later revealed to be a boy named Freddie Reign

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/135694513798/ive-lost-trackwhen-is-the-baby-actually

link2: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/instyle-jumps-gun-announce-birth-louis-tomlinson-briana-jungwirth-baby-six-months-before-due-1525185

link3: https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/215511/louis-tomlinson-and-briana-jungwirth-decide-on-unsual-name-for-baby-boy/

link4: https://www.instagram.com/p/BBEYEDPL4Z2/?hl=en

the pictures of the father with the baby were released on a delayed timeline and deliberately attributed to the wrong dates in some cases

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143344534093/whileyouwereasleep-onmykneesforlarry-so-i

the media reported that the father and mother were about to go to court over custody disagreements in Feb, it was alleged the custody argument was temporarily settled under the condition that the father’s new girlfriend not spend time with the baby, yet the father’s new girlfriend was pictured with the baby multiple times and no action to stop it was taken until months later

link1: http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/26/louis-tomlinson-custody-paternity-baby-mama-son/

link2: http://www.tmz.com/2016/02/29/louis-tomlinson-child-custody-girlfriend/

link3: http://hollywoodlife.com/2016/03/29/louis-tomlinson-girlfriend-danielle-campbell-meets-son-freddie-picture/

link4: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3560475/Louis-Tomlinson-joined-stern-faced-girlfriend-Danielle-Campbell-leisurely-day-son-Freddie-Reign-LA.html

link5: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3521894/Louis-Tomlinson-steps-girlfriend-Danielle-Campbell-son-Freddie-plus-mum-Jo-Deakin-stepdad-grandad-TWO-half-siblings.html

link6: http://www.tmz.com/2016/06/30/louis-tomlinson-briana-jungwirth-danielle-campbell-custody-battle/

another round of custody battle press that happened months later was surrounded by language (“new” girlfriend, newborn child, another newborn) and references that seemed a throwback to when the baby was a newborn, suggesting the articles (and social media posts) had been written in advance about March and held onto until the 2nd custody battle news in July, other things happening around that time were similar to March too

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/147656180383/theres-a-lot-of-surprises

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146906407693/paynespider-lmao-briana-calling-her-almost-6

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146871066428/wait-whats-happening

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146821060158/is-it-just-me-or-do-you-get-the-feeling-people-had

link5: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/147600424648/claudiyah-so-youre-telling-me-that-daily-mail

link6: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/147977381708/the-rye-social

link7: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146764222543/you-know-whats-funny-the-guy-whose-show-louis

the pictures of the mother and father used when the pregnancy story first ran were pictures from May that were taken before the pregnancy was known, run by other papers for the dating story but not used by The Sun who didn’t report on the dating story at all, and then only published by The Sun when the baby story surfaced,The Sun being the paper the pap who took the pictures indicated

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138369432358/quietasides-quietasides-fyi-may-2015

the part where the father addresses the pregnancy was cut out of one version of an interview that was posted officially

link1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYTvfzNXsN0&feature=youtu.be

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/131090481868/mytinylou

it was reported that the mother went to one of the father’s concerts in Canada, but it seems like the girl pictured wasn’t her and the article was deleted

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/124427604938/scrufflecake-scrufflecake

Pictures

Father’s Side Scarcity

despite his baby siblings being featured openly on the father and his mother’s social media, the father and his family rarely post about the baby (especially compared to the mother) and say it’s for privacy reasons

link1: https://twitter.com/Louis_Tomlinson/status/492031963784839169

link2: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGGzeO9L4ZX/?hl=en

link3: https://www.instagram.com/p/_pZcwBL4bc/?hl=en

link4: https://twitter.com/JohannahDarling/status/584677836662804481?lang=en

link5: https://twitter.com/JohannahDarling/status/536374873212190720?lang=en

link6: https://www.instagram.com/p/BD7nOavzFbb/?taken-by=mrsjohannahdeakin

link7: https://www.instagram.com/p/BDlFwGaTFUU/?taken-by=mrsjohannahdeakin

link8: https://www.instagram.com/mrsjohannahdeakin/

despite the mother posting baby pictures on a regular basis, the father’s family rarely post and state privacy as the reason

the two pictures of the father in color with the baby posted by him are only of his hands and don’t show his face

the one full picture of the father holding the baby in color posted online seems to have come from an update account rather than any of the family

link: https://twitter.com/1DBoysWW/status/703362841688932352/photo/1

while there are quite a few videos of the mother and her family with the baby, there are none of the father with the baby

*updated- there’s one video from the baby’s 1st birthday, but only one and it was posted by the mother’s family, it also has no sound and may have been taken on a day other than the actual birthday

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/156202503118/appreciatetommo-brianasrealaccount-special

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/156472868038/theystudyrainbows-i-am-screaming-so-the-js

Father’s Side Photoshop

the pictures posted of the father holding the baby on his Instagram appear to be photoshop, one is definite, the other is highly suspect (wrong hair length in both cases, missing tattoo, impossible body position of the baby)

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139712015203/louistopsfuckers-call-me-extra-but-whos-hair

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/159394101723/left-pictures-jan-22-25-28-29-feb-1-2-14

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139634459348/whisperedlouis-part-of-the-dagger-is-directly

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139700619798/use-your-eyes

the other picture the father posted showing the father’s hand with the baby also appears to be photoshop (missing scar)

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146272961918/louis-has-a-scar-on-his-little-finger-and-that

the other pictures of the father holding the baby posted by others on social media are also suspect of photoshop (humongous hands in proportion, missing tattoo, strange lighting and texture contrast between baby and father)

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/141501417453/freddietomlinson-this-is-the-full-picture

link2: https://twitter.com/search?q=louis%20tattoo%20since%3A2016-02-25%20until%3A2016-02-27&src=typd&lang=en

link3: https://twitter.com/solodjhstan/status/703349912503775232

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143177139883/thetomlinsondaily-mrsjohannahdeakin-happy-3

Mother’s Side Deception

there are no pictures of the mother where both her face and her bare bump are visible

*updated- there is now 1 picture, posted around a year after the fact, in black and white, and also seeming inconsistent with other pictures from around that time)

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/153269597898/the-3-mths-preg-photo-mess

there also seems to be a missing mole on one of the bump pictures where her face isn’t visible

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/160218284328/more-because-theres-a-blog-i-wont-reblog

there’s also a picture taken Dec 2015 where the bump seems to have disappeared when it should be there

link: http://adifferentkindofson.tumblr.com/post/153303375836/i-had-a-friend-who-saw-these-bump-photos-and-said

pictures of other mothers and/or babies were several times falsely attributed by the mother’s family as being the mother and the baby

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/137515690068/bitingmetongue

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139507670593/the-larry-hug-lol-nice

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/137426447213/exposebiglarries-exposebiglarries

the mother’s family seem to have taken a bunch of pictures on one day and released them on social media over the course of a few weeks based on the same clothing being worn by multiple people in them

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142965980708/larry-stole-my-heart-x

Baby Inconsistencies

it appears the baby’s ear shape is completely different in two pics taken two days apart

http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142432893638/im-not-trying-to-be-rude-or-anything-honestly

Hints From Father

around three weeks before the pregnancy news broke, the father picked up a baby doll onstage, unnecessarily repeated “it is not real” multiple times and threw it off stage while wearing a shirt that said “the future is now”

link: http://tommosloueh.tumblr.com/post/124246882982/its-not-real-it-is-not-real-270615

the father tweeted lyrics from Dirty Dancing a few days before the pregnancy news broke

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/124133823053/hazzaloveslouslittlethings-so-remember-a-couple

the second show after the pregnancy news broke, the first song played after the father’s concert was Billie Jean, the lyrics of which should be considered

link1: http://tellmethisisnotlove.tumblr.com/post/124401203439/itsnotreal-x3

link2: http://larryistheoneforme.tumblr.com/post/143676893315/briana-jungwirth-is-not-my-lover-shes-just-a

the father followed Matt LeBlanc, well known for the show Friends, right after he was seen in Sunglass Hut the day of the baby’s birth

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138043729573/gryffindorlou-catp-aboutchopsuey-2201

the baby’s name, Freddie Reign, aligns closely with Freddie Mercury from Queen who is a well known gay icon, and who the father would have been aware of given the connection to the stuffed bear called Teddy Mercury that educated the fandom on much LGBT+ history and shared the stage with him for the entire last tour

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138195182403

link2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_icon

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146860871243

link4: http://beccasafan.github.io/rbb/props/

the father posted about “Daddy Cool” but those are actually lyrics about a daddy kink and not a baby, and he said it again in person

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/137889200373

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/137890564943

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139942997848/lewisandneil-lo-im-daddy-cool

the father mentioned Jeremy Kyle and his bandmate mentioned Family Fortunes during the first day he’d addressed the baby extensively in interviews

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/140040077793/quietasides-problems-you-can-get-jeremy-kyles

the father followed Ne-Yo who had a paternity scandal

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/146416641823/has-anyone-looked-into-ne-yos-paternity-scandal

the father never used to post solo selfies and then suddenly started posting unfailingly morose selfies right around when the baby was born and around events showing the father’s involvement with the baby

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142441297083/louis-selfies

almost the only pictures on the father’s Instagram that are in black and white since the pregnancy news are those of him in a picture with the baby or him with his girlfriend who is suspected to be a beard

link: https://www.instagram.com/louist91/?hl=en

*update: there are now a few more black and white pics but they’re either warning selfies, promo pics, or a pic that may have been taken by the father’s suspected boyfriend

all of the pictures on the fathers’ Instagram that show him with the baby are in black and white (*updated- except for 2 which don’t show his face), all the pictures of the father with the baby posted by his mother are also in black and white

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143177139883/thetomlinsondaily-mrsjohannahdeakin-happy-3

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/141501417453/freddietomlinson-this-is-the-full-picture

Hints From People Close To The Father

the father’s family have made multiple suspicious comments and references pointing towards friction with the mother’s family, the baby not being his or not existing at all

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/141696218378/omg-lottie-latest-like-in-instagram

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/134286097798/saracha33-saracha33-the-tomlinson-deakin

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/134211202458/whats-with-lottie-could-you-explain-thankssss

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139574797508/a-brief-timeline-of-17-feb-2016

link5: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139515321028/baby-larry-love-the-thrilling-saga

link6: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/126062518678/tinylarents-jay

the father’s suspected boyfriend also hinted the day the baby’s birth certificate became public, and made a post that could refer to the father and the mother’s family, and possibly sent another hint onstage, and also posted a lyric to a song with an interesting title right after the baby’s birth (tweeting lyrics as hints being something the father’s suspected boyfriend is well known for), and followed someone with interesting initials right after the mother was doing diet tea promo

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139088941258

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/139030617668/exclusive-louis-tomlinsons-sons-birth

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138776606858/schlaflosonline-so-angela-encouraged-me-to-make

link4: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/130503751043/someonethatsfunny-quietasides-little-white

link5: https://directionereg.tumblr.com/post/150088617895

link6: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/147149730993/harrys-last-follow-on-twitter-billie-j-d-porter

the family of the father’s suspected boyfriend also hinted at the baby not being the father’s

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/138296077323/tommosgun-gemma

the father’s bandmate made another reference on social media

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/143801971828/lifechangeing-a-sample-of-posts-as-of-3rd-may

the father’s supposed-ex bandmate retweeted an interesting reference as well

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/126647782673/zayn-retweeted-a-cartoon-video-where-a-father

link2: https://twitter.com/search?q=zayn%20cyanide%20and%20happiness&src=typd

link3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gia6xOBRjQE

Retroactive Resolution

first the press ran stories bringing up the fan theories even thought the theories were by no means new and hadn’t been reported on much before

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142472549778/lifechangeing-press-about-baby-gate-conspiracy

then, a new pap stroll (not an old one) was released with audio where a baby crying was clearly heard and where the father issued an oddly phrased rejoinder to a pap

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142472945093/louellenews-louis-freddie-lottie-tommy

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142488413273/theirstoryofevents-respect-for-the-baby-not

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142488347713/unwindy-x

fans called this out for the retroactive fix and attempt to shut down speculation and discredit fans that it was

link1: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142488897533/fans-say-theyve-yet-to-show-anything-that

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142473089688/lifechangeing-nice-try-tmz-they-literally

link3: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142472584883/louis-tomlinson-my-baby-is-the-real-deal

the father’s selfie warnings and black and white pattern were identified and co-opted by the stunt team, by breaking the patterns they tried to diffuse the significance of them

the father talked about the baby at the Brits, but this was after having barely talked about it before birth, having acted upset whenever it was brought up before birth, and having repeatedly said he would have no particular responsibilities during the band’s hiatus

the father’s bandmate mentioned wanting to see the baby, but this was months and months after it was born, none of the bandmates ever said congratulations on social media, and the excuse for not having seen the child was flimsy at best

Why?

as may have become clear above, it’s heavily suspected that the father is actually in an unwillingly closeted relationship with his bandmate

the baby situation is one way of closeting them

the band as a whole is also nearing a transition away from their old, abusive and incompetent team, to a new team

their old team has been trying to underhandedly destroy the reputation of the band as much as possible in order to transfer fans over to their other artists instead, save face in the industry and with the public, lower the value of the band for their future team(s) since they’ll now be competing against their old team’s artists, and possibly out of a twisted personal vendetta against the band

using the baby situation to closet the father and his bandmate forces them to push back any plans they might have had to come out which distances the father’s old team from accusations of forced closeting

smearing the individuals in the band is part of this campaign

because the father getting the mother pregnant looks irresponsible, the father’s lack of interest in the mother makes him look cold, the father’s refusal to get a paternity test and formally establish custody looks naive and stupid, and it could look like the father is willingly participating in a terribly executed, over the top closeting stunt to people who see it’s a stunt and don’t know much about the band otherwise, this stunt functions as a smear campaign against him

Knowing It’s a Stunt, Was There Ever a Baby?

no, starting from the assumption that it’s a stunt, it’s extremely unlikely the mother had a baby

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/136495335948/no-baby-heres-why-im-very-skeptical-theres-a

it’s unclear if a real baby was used for the stunt for the first month or two after birth, it may have been a combination of dolls and photoshop at first

after a certain point it became clear there was a real baby being used, although it’s unclear if there’s been more than one baby playing the role or who exactly the baby or babies belong to, although there are various theories

link1: http://adifferentkindofson.tumblr.com/post/152556781406/hi-sorry-there-is-no-way-they-did-not-use-a-reborn

link2: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/142424215068/lifechangeing-zoomed-in-version

link3: http://thetruthaboutonedirection.tumblr.com/post/142557981251/babygate-masterpost-important-evidence-you-may

link4: http://tellmethisisnotlove.tumblr.com/post/144003767569/what-is-going-on-everyone-is-freaking-out-and

link5: http://adifferentkindofson.tumblr.com/post/152642920951/shadyshit91-tumblr-comimage152571941406-idk-who

More Resources

The reason I made my own post was to keep things easily accessible, but it was also in order to add proof I think is objectively compelling, especially without too much context being required.  The posts below don’t necessarily fulfill that goal, but it’s always nice to have extra resources.

Babygate

my babygate tag and the chronological version of the tag

link: https://www.tumblr.com/edit/148949137023/bakagamieru.tumblr.com/tagged/babygate

link2: https://www.tumblr.com/edit/148949137023/bakagamieru.tumblr.com/tagged/babygate/chrono

more here

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/160163411433/babygate

The Father and His Boyfriend

video links here

link: http://bakagamieru.tumblr.com/post/160163411433/babygate

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date of origin: 14th of august, 2016.

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Paintings of shipwrecks rb if you agree

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1.The Shipwreck on Northern sea Ivan Aivazovsky Original Title: Буря на Северном море Date: 1865

2. A First Rate Man-of-War Driving on a Reef of Rocks, and Foundering in a Gale George Philip Reinagle (c.1802–1835) Royal Albert Memorial Museum

3. Can’t find this one - anyone know it?

4. Loss of HMS Victory Peter Monamy 18th Century

5. Navire en détresse Baron Jean Antoine Théodore Gudin (French, 1802–1880)

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The only name I’ve found regards the third one is “The Great Mishap - Linda Bergkvist”, but I’m not sure how right that is.

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don’t you just love it when *clenches fist* you open your wip and stare at it for thirty minutes then add absolutely nothing?